I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.

Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Topics: Art Quotes, Painting Quotes

Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more...

Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more...

Conscience is a man's compass.

Conscience is a man's compass.

Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific...

Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific...

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic...

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic...

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as...

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as...

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the...

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the...

The way to know life is to love many things.

The way to know life is to love many things.

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be...

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be...

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside...

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside...

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I...

But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I...

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help...

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help...

There are things which we feel to be good and true, though in the cold...

There are things which we feel to be good and true, though in the cold...

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came...

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came...

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that...

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that...

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion....

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion....

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.